Laundry-wringer



H. H. BELDING.

LAUNDRY WRlNGER.

APPLICATION man 'FEB. 11.1919.

1 atented Jan. 20, 1920.

Hwrnu @9121 HARLOW IBELDIING, OF WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAUNDRY-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Application filed February 17, 1919. Serial No. 277,462.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARLOW H. BELDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Chicago, in the county of Dupage and State of Tllinois, have invented certainnew and useful or Improvements in Laundry- Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in laundry wringers.

One oflthe objects of my invention is to improve wringers, whereby to prevent damage to fabrics of delicate, dainty texture and the inconvenience resulting by adherence of coarser fabrics to the ,wringer rolls and choking the wringer.

Other and more specific objects of my invention will become readily apparent, to

persons skilled invthe art, from a consideration'of the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is an end elevation of the lower part of the improved wringer.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one end 0 the wringer.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts. I

5 is the frame of an ordinary wringer, having the two vertically alining relatively adjustable wringer compression rolls 6 and 7, common with wringers of this characterv 8 and 9 are the ordinary pinion gears to drive the rolls and by which rotation is transmitted from one roll to the other.

These gears are connected to the shafts 10 tions around the roll to which it adheres,

in which event, if the'fabric is delicate, it is frequently torn ofi' or otherwise badly injured, or if'it is relatively heavy and of a coarser texture, it tends to choke the rolls.

The object of my invention is to rovide a.

means that will strip the rolls an prevent the adherence of the fabric thereto and which will guide and direct the fabric in the course or direction in which it is intended that it shall goa The device, as it is shown in the drawing, is in the nature of an attachment to the ordinary standard wr'inger, of well known type. The frame provides bearings for two vertically alining parallel, spaced apart, rotatable brushes 16 and 17, that are mounted upon the shafts 18 and 19, respectively. The

brushes are provided with rows of radially tufts of suitable hair, or the extendin like, which are normally in contact with the respective compression rolls 6 and 7, as.

more clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. At each end of the frame 15 are brackets 20 and 21, at the upper and lower ends of the frame, respectively.

The shaft 18 carries a geared pinion 22 that meshes with an intermediate pinion 23, carried by the bracket 20. The intermediate pinion is driven by a pinion 2a that is fixed to the shaft end of the wringer. The roll 6, of the wringer, is vertically adjustable to permit greater separating space between the wringer rolls to accommodate fabric that varies in thickness. It will be observed,

however, that the pinion 24, on the wringer roll 10, may be raised and lowered to a considerable extent, and to as great an extent as the gears 8 and 9 for driving the rolls will permit, without becoming disengagedr The shaft 19, of my attachment, carries a geared pinion 25 that is in mesh with the geared pinion 26, carried by the bracket 21, and which is driven by the geared pinion 27 on the shaft 11.

The arrows in Fig. 1 show the direction of rotation of the respective rolls and brushes.

Now it will be apparent, by observation of Fig. 2, that when the fabric '28 has passed between the compression rolls, that the brushes 17 and 18, being yieldingly in contact with the respective wringer rolls 6 and 7, will sweep the surfaces of the wringer rolls in such a way as to prevent the adherenoe-of the fabric therewith after it has passed beyond the point where the rolls more nearly appr'oach each other, and thus the wringer rolls are stripped of the fabric and the latter is directed in thep-ath in which it should go. The brushes tend, also, to supplement the efiect of the rolls 6 and 7 to move the fabric forward.

To prevent the fabric from clinging to the brushes I provide a stripping plate or comb 29 and 30, one for each of the brushes,

eeascr locate the combs so that the bristles or tufts from the respective brushes will pass between the teeth or in the inter-dental spaces of each of the combs, and thus the brushes are maintained in proper condition and there is no possibility, as the result of the use of the combs, of the fabric clinging to the brushes. The bristles or tufts of the brushes are not injured by the plate or the teeth of the comb because the teeth are sharply pointed and so provide a circumferential path through the tufts which is preserved throughout the operation, as the brushes have no axial'moven'ient. The teeth project from a plate 32, in each instance, which plate is secured to the frame 15, as at 38, or by other like means. The teeth of course may be made integral parts of the plate 32, or instead of using the teeth, the plate itself may extend into the tufts of the brushes and serve substantially the same purpose, as the tufts are yielding and would be bent inwardly, by contact with the edge of the plate, and the fabric could not follow the tufts after the latter have left contact with the edge of the plate. Something, however, in the nature of aplate or comb is essential for stripping the brushes.

While I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention, for the purpose of clear disclosure, it will be manifest to persons skilled in the art that changes may be made in the general arrangement and configuration of the parts, within the scope of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A laundry wringer having in combination a pair of compression rollers; means to drive the rollers, and a pair of rotatable brushes parallel with said rollers in contact therewith and driven in the same respective directions.

2. A laundry wringer having in combination a pair of compression rollers; means to drive the rollers; a pair 1 spaced apart, rotatable brushes, one in contact with each roller; a train of gearing between each roller and the respective brush; means to drive the rollers and the respective brush in like direction and a stripping means for each brush extending into the circumferential dimensions of the respective brush.

3, In combination with a wringer having a pair of compression rollers; a pair of rotatable brushes in a vertical plane, each brush in contact with its respective roller and means to drive each roller and its brush in the same direction.

4:. In combination with a wringer having a pair of compression rollers; a pair of rotatable brushes, in contact with the rollers respectively; means to drive the roller and its respective brush in the same direction and a comb extending into the brush, between the bristles to prevent the fabric from being wound about the brush.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

HARLOW H. BELDING. 

